I will ask for the moon.
You never know, they just might give it to you.

And thanks to Lauryn Hill, music is once again my preacher.

"Uh.... I have a law student here citing The Carebears as an authority. What's going on?"
~ BBB

I am really glad about how things in the past have panned out. I am very happy, very in love, and very confident about the future. It would take a lot of effort on my part to ruin my life. What can I say? This is perfection! House hunting along kits, lawn bowling with odd boys, connecting with bits of home strewn across the planet.

It's like a good chocolate lava cake.

Ok! The boys are coming to pick me up to study!

I was fourteen when you took me into your home and offered me a week's wages of pop. You showed me your life, Shaun of the Dead and strength. You gave me headlice and a perspective of life that has never left me. You changed my worldview, and I will attribute my life's work to you.

I don't remember your name and have no way to contact with you. You probably wouldn't remember me anyway, just another wide-eyed tourist sponging off your country. You must be at least 19 now, if you're still alive. And you'd be watching and waiting, with the rest of the world to see how life, in the next few moments, will unfold into the future.

"I think I might have told you before that I owe Burma something, at some point I will go back... [what?] .... I'm not sure exactly"
~ Majortombo

I am praying for you and your country, as you were once Christ to me.

The only thing that motivates me to study is that thought that maybe, one day, I'd be in places like Burma, changing the world.

Today, I realised that my shell anklet didn't go with my new boots. It chaffed my ankle , rubbing the skin away. I had told myself at Bunaken that I'd take it off the moment I had healed, when it didn't matter anymore. It's been on me for the past two and a half years, a silent symbol. The sunset was fire, I was reading a book on post-modernity, and I was bald.

I guess the waiting never ends. Who completely heals anyway?

I just want to wear my boots!

I get a rush of vengeful joy, when I meet a Singaporean who squirms at my mention of them 'still' having a Singaporean accent. I like to point it out. There is no shame in being who you are.

I thought about grace today.
What makes it tick?

Tom: Is it St. Peter or St. Paul that mans the gates of heaven?
Me: It's St. Peter.
Tom: St Peter eh? So he finds out if you've been naughty or nice?
Me: No, that's Santa Claus.

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M: No, I still eat eggs (on becoming a vegetarian)
J: Yeah a lot of vegetarians eat eggs
H: What?? But that defeats the purpose of being a vegetarian, it's like eating a chicken fetus!
C: Well, most vegetarians are pro-choice.

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Tee hee.

It's 3 am. I am 3/4 my way though one assignment.

I also have 63 friends on facebook.

Of Course.... ....

Certainty has been a faithless wife. I've been married to her at the alter of my decisions for the past two years and she comes and goes from our bed. And tonight was a night when she left me, all alone, to my semi-self in the very harsh present. It was like life in techni-colour. Was I so sure of myself?

But I must be. In 2006, I gave up a passport, an Identification Card, and a registration certificate.
But I did not give up my identity.

You can choose your friends, but you cannot choose your family.

So here I am, peering into a buffet of forever, of possibilities. It seems like I can go anywhere, do everything, be anyone. But there's only one place I want to be.

If Anthony's right, then I only want to be wealthy to bless others.
And I hope that Singapore does that too.

Hey! So, again, I am, never, alone, in, experiencing, my experiences.
If I had a choice, I'd probably do it all over again.
There is, afterall, redemption.

原点

拥抱的时候心情有点痛
也去提早感受到寂寞
离开的时候只听见沉默
除了沉默我还能怎么做选择
别对我抱歉别总觉得对我亏欠
现在他在你的身边就对他好一点

不要再让你们的爱败给了时间
既然遇见了永远就不要说再见
不要再让你们的爱输给了永远
我们经过那么多考验
最后还是回到了原点

总有那一天相遇的瞬间
确定那些冷漠的从前已走远
别对我抱歉别总觉得对我亏欠
现在谁在你的身边就对谁好一点

不要再让你们的爱败给了时间
既然遇见了永远就不要说再见
不要再让你们的爱输给了永远
我们经过那么多考验
最后还是回到了原点

我应该就走开就算感情还在
我应该就放开对他不再依赖
忘了曾有过的片段
这是属于你们的未来

不要看到你们的爱败给了时间
我能愿选择离别没有一句怨言
直到你能若无其事聊起了从前
我才发现彼此都了解
默契是最宝贵的语言

~ Tanya Chua and Stephine Sun.